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...hand of Arafat, then step back half a pace and enfold the 1945-1955 The decade after 1945 saw jubilation at the arrival of peace, and anxiety as the Cold War took shape — and a wedding took place in London 1956-1966 New sounds in the air, protest in the streets and revolution in the hills 1966-1976 War in Vietnam, Nixon in China and Man on the Moon two in a wide and gentle extension of his arms with the expectation that the weight of history would bring their two hands together. It did. First Arafat reached...
...closest aides are among those already convicted in connection with kickback and party financing charges. As President, Chirac enjoys immunity from prosecution, but new elections are set for May, and there is scant chance that Chirac will run again, let alone win. That was why the opposition howled in protest when the government on Wednesday named a close legal advisor to Chirac, Laurent Le Mesle, as chief prosecutor of Paris. The new job will give Le Mesle a key role in deciding whether charges are ever brought against Chirac once he reverts to being a regular citizen...
...film screenings. Perhaps the most popular WGS class from last year was WGS 1151, “Sex, Rights, and Stereotypes: Queer Culture In America From Stone Wall to Gay Marriage,” taught by the charismatic Timothy McCarthy of Lit and Arts A-86, “Protest Literature” fame. The course examined queer America through the lens of popular culture. The boys from “Queer Eye for the Straight Guy” would be proud. Disappointingly, the course will no longer be offered. The department itself is undergoing numerous changes, both...
...most controversial move to date, the launch of News Feeds, which provide minute-by-minute updates of one’s friends’ online actions, including profile updates and group memberships. Just hours after the News Feeds went live, students began to create groups in protest, the largest of which now counts over 742,000 members. Facebook founder and C.E.O. Mark E. Zuckerberg, formerly Class of 2006, apologized on his blog late last week for not soliciting enough input from users before adding the new features and added privacy options allowing users to opt out of News Feeds...
...decade since Pac’s murder (and the murder of the Notorious B.I.G. six months later), mainstream rap has moved away from this narrative tradition. Party songs have replaced protest songs on albums and radio playlists. Boasts and threats are more plentiful than captivating tales about life in the ’hood. Chuck D from Public Enemy once referred to rap as “the black CNN” because of the way rappers reported on conditions in black urban areas. Now rap might be called “the black E!” because songs...